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Video portrait of Tobias Erb: Artificial photosynthesis

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Video portrait of Tobias Erb: The Microbiologist from Max Planck Institute for terrestric Microbiology wants to give photosynthesis a leg-up.

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Artificial Photosynthesis: The decisive step forward

Tobias Erb of the Max Panck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology has reinvented photosynthesis – in the laboratory. His goal is to produce chemical substances with the help of sunlight and carbon dioxide in the air.

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